Title:
PsykTrek a multimedia introduction to psychology version 3.0
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Publication Information:
Pacific Grove, Calif : Thomson Wadsworth Publishing, 2008
Physical Description:
1 DVD : 12 cm. + 1 study guide
ISBN:
9780495090359
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Summary
Summary
The ideal way to prepare for exams in your introductory psychology course or for psychology GREs! Developed by textbook author Wayne Weiten, this interactive CD-ROM includes illustrations, simulations, animations, and video clips that help you commit psychological concepts to memory, along with over 150 concept checks with quizzing.
Table of Contents
| Interactive Learning Modules |
| Unit 1 History & Methods |
| 1a Psychology's timeline |
| 1b The experimental method |
| 1c Statistics: Central tendency and variability |
| 1d Statistics: Correlation |
| 1e Searching for research articles in psychology |
| Unit 2 Biological Bases of Behavior |
| 2a The neuron and the neural impulse |
| 2b Synaptic transmission |
| 2c Looking inside the brain: Research methods |
| 2d The hindbrain and the midbrain |
| 2e The forebrain: Subcortical structures |
| 2f The cerebral cortex |
| 2g Right brain/Left brain |
| Unit 3 Sensation & Perception |
| 3a Light and the eye |
| 3b The retina |
| 3c Vision and the brain |
| 3d Perception of color |
| 3e Gestalt psychology |
| 3f Depth perception |
| 3g Visual illusions |
| 3h The sense of hearing |
| Unit 4 Consciousness |
| 4a Biological rhythms |
| 4b Sleep |
| 4c Abused drugs and their effects |
| 4d Drugs and synaptic transmission |
| Unit 5 Learning |
| 5a Overview of classical conditioning |
| 5b Basic processes in classical conditioning |
| 5c Overview of operant conditioning |
| 5d Schedules of reinforcement |
| 5e Reinforcement and punishment |
| 5f Avoidance and escape Learning |
| Unit 6 Memory |
| 6a Memory encoding |
| 6b Memory storage |
| 6c Physiology of memory |
| 6d Forgetting |
| Unit 7 Cognition & Intelligence |
| 7a Types of psychological tests |
| 7b Key concepts in testing |
| 7c Understanding IQ scores |
| 7d Heredity, environment, and intelligence |
| 7e Problem solving |
| 7f Decision making |
| Unit 8 Motivation & Emotion |
| 8a Hunger |
| 8b Achievement motivation |
| 8c Elements of emotion |
| 8d Theories of emotion |
| Unit 9 Human Development |
| 9a Prenatal development |
| 9b Erikson's theory of personality development |
| 9c Piaget's theory of cognitive development |
| 9d Kohlberg's theory of moral development |
| 9e Attachment |
| Unit 10 Personality Theory |
| 10a Freudian theory |
| 10b Behavioral theory |
| 10c Humanistic theory |
| 10d Biological theory |
| Unit 11 Abnormal Behavior & Therapy |
| 11a Anxiety disorders |
| 11b Mood disorders |
| 11c Schizophrenic disorders |
| 11d Insight therapies |
| 11e Behavioral and biomedical therapies |
| 11f Types of stress |
| 11g Responding to stress |
| Unit 12 Social Psychology |
| 12a Attribution processes |
| 12b Theories of love |
| 12c Attitude change |
| 12d Prejudice |
| 12e Conformity and obedience |
| Simulations |
| 1 Experimenting with the Stroop test |
| 2 Hemispheric specialization |
| 3 The Poggendorff illusion |
| 4 Shaping in operant conditioning |
| 5 Memory processes I |
| 6 Memory processes II |
| 7 Problem solving |
| 8 Psychological testing: Measuring your creativity |
| 9 Clinical diagnosis |
| 10 Social judgment |
